Stan Newman's Daily Crossword
Newsday's daily crossword, edited by Stan Newman and played on many sites.
Every day: A new themed crossword every day, the same puzzle Newsday prints, edited by Stan Newman: easiest early in the week, a larger Sunday grid, with the last two weeks of puzzles available to replay. New puzzle: 10 p.m. Eastern Time the evening before the puzzle's date (Newsday).
Stan Newman's Daily Crossword is the daily puzzle from the Long Island newspaper Newsday, edited by Stan Newman. Each day's grid has a theme hinted at by its title, and the same puzzle can be played free at Newsday, on Arkadium and on partner sites such as AARP Games.
About Stan Newman's Daily Crossword
Stan Newman has edited the Newsday crossword for more than thirty years, and the paper celebrates its crossword as a long-running fixture. The puzzles come from many constructors and pass through his editing, so the voice stays consistent while the themes vary. The same daily grid is distributed online by Arkadium, the games company Newman works with, which is why it appears under the name Stan's Daily Crossword on AARP Games, the Washington Post games page and other partner sites.
From Sunday to Friday, the title of the puzzle is your first clue: it points to the theme, the common thread among the longest answers. Fill in one long answer, look at the title again, and the rest of the theme entries tend to fall into place. Sunday's grid is larger. On Newsday's own site a puzzle goes live at 10 p.m. Eastern the evening before its date, and the puzzle picker keeps the last fourteen days, Sundays included.
Newsday's player scores ten points for each correct word, takes a point for every square you reveal, and adds a bonus for each full minute under the fifteen-minute target time. The puzzle is free to play with ads at Arkadium and Newsday; on AARP Games it sits in the members' area. It suits solvers who like a straightforward American crossword with a clear theme and no paywall.
How to play Stan Newman's Daily Crossword
- Open the day's puzzle at Newsday, Arkadium or a partner site.
- Read the puzzle's title first: from Sunday to Friday it hints at the theme.
- Fill in an answer you are sure of, then work the clues that cross it.
- Once a long theme answer is in, use the title to guess the others.
- Use Check or Reveal on a letter, word or the whole grid if you get stuck.
Tips
- Look at the title again after your first long answer; that is when the theme usually becomes clear.
- Work one area of the grid at a time, building from answers you already have.
- If a corner will not fall, take a short break or erase an answer you are unsure of.
Questions
When is the new puzzle available?
Newsday says each puzzle goes live at 10 p.m. Eastern the evening before its date.
Is Stan's Daily Crossword the same as the Newsday crossword?
Yes. Arkadium's Stan's Daily Crossword carries the same new puzzle that Newsday publishes each day.
Can I play older puzzles?
Newsday's puzzle picker keeps the last fourteen days, including Sunday puzzles.
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